European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 10, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday june 10, 1994 . 1 the stars  stripes a a. To. Page 7 boy 11, saves older sister from grandmother s dogs from wire reports Palm River Fla. A . Lawrence is being hailed As a hero but the la year of says he Only did what he had to when he rescued his older sister from his grandmothers two Rottweiler dogs. Quot i knew if i did no to do anything she would have gotten really Hurt a he said. A a in a just glad i got what 1 did  she  . Was treated for puncture wounds to his legs  gashes on his buttocks  Groin area. He received 18  13-year-old sister Melissa was attacked monday after she followed her grandmother out of the House to feed the two 90-Pound dogs. A she told me to run Back inside but it was too late a Melissa said. To came out of the House tackled one dog  began kicking the other. A but then they started biting me  they pushed me up against the Fence a he said. When they ripped off his shirt  started fighting Over it he made his escape. Sheriffs sgt. Donald roman recommended that the youngster be cited for bravery. His grandmother Katherine Lawrence said she planned to give away the More aggressive of the dogs. Amish arsonist gets jail Williamsport a. A an Amish Bishops grandson who set fire to eight barns at the Start of the 1992 planting season was sentenced wednesday to More than 10 years in a Federal prison. Damn Peachey 23, faced a sentence of up to seven years under Federal guidelines for his guilty Lea to arson  conspiracy. But . District Edge Malcolm Muir imposed the maximum. Sentence saying the arsons endangered the entire Community. The arson conviction was the family a second Peachey a father served three months in jail in 1965 for burning a barn. The fires occupied hundreds of firefighters from four counties during the late hours of March 14, 1992,  the Early hours of the next Day. Six Amish barns were destroyed two were damaged  177 head of livestock were lost. Damage totalled $1 million. Pennies in a Pinch Washington a they re running Low on pennies in Ohio. One of Cincinnati a major Banks fifth third Bank asked customers wednesday to bring in rolled packages of 50 pennies to get it through the shortage. Officials in Washington said the shortage appears to be limited at least for now to parts of Ohio. Historically when there is an upswing in the Economy there is a greater demand for pennies they said. Spot shortages of pennies also cropped up in 1980. Officials at the . Mint said at the time that there might be some hoarding of pennies for unexplained reasons. A Federal Reserve official in Cleveland said that supplies of pennies Are being rationed temporarily  that the shortage is expected to ease within a few weeks. The Supply in Cincinnati  Columbus has been running Low he said but there was no obvious reason. Caffeine May Battle stress Washington a combat soldiers  other people under stress might improve their mental  physical Sharpness by eating rations supplemented with caffeine glucose  certain other nutrients scientists say. The Institute of Medicine studied a variety of food compounds at the request of the army. Supplements wont make the average healthy Soldier better under Ordinary circumstances but some food com Pone its might Heip a Soldier suffering the stresses of combat or harsh environments according to the institutes report released wednesday. A if you take soldiers that Are stressed by Lack of sleep operations cold Arentt eating adequately then there May be something done to restore their performance to what a Normal rested Well fed Soldier would be a said Robert Nosheim a California nutritionist who chaired the Institute panel. Senate votes to simplify procedures. Washington apr the Senate brought the Clinton administration closer to its goal of a reinventing government by passing legislation that sweeps away bureaucratic restrictions on the Way the government buys things. Quot the legislation passed by voice vote without dissent wednesday night is designed to Cut through the bureaucratic tangle  paperwork that complicate the Way the defense department  other agencies buy some $200 billion in goods  services annually. Quot calling the present system a a bureaucratic Nightmare a sen. Sam Nunn d-ga., said the Bill would protect taxpayers from fraudulent  abusive practices while cutting administrative costs. A the process of procuring equipment  services for our military  civilian agencies takes too Long costs too much  suffers under a crushing Burden of wasteful overhead a said Nunn chairman of the Senate armed services committee. Eliminating that overhead is a major administration goal As outlined by vice president Ai Gore in his re inventing government proposals. The administration estimates that the package of reforms could save taxpayers $22.5 billion Over five years. A similar procurement Bill is in committee in the House. The Senate measure would consolidate the Patchwork of procurement rules  regulations passed by m Congress Over the years in response to such scandals As $600 toilet scats  s400 hammers bought by the military. It would allow government agencies particularly the Pentagon to buy products Over the counter instead of requiring contractors to meet elaborate specifications. A purchases of $100,000 or less could he made under simplified rules  would be reserved for Small businesses. The simplified rules among other things would waive requirements imposed on larger contracts for audits  oversight. Under this system the government could make in less than a month purchases that now take three months to Complete. Purchases costing less than $100,000 account for Only 16 percent of the governments procurement budget but % percent of its procurement actions. Although the Bill would impose change government wide the a cleanse department is its focus of special concern. Three fourths of Federal procurement dollars go to the Pentagon  the highly detailed specifications that complicate government purchases Are found most often for military items. Such rules have forced the military to pay anywhere from three to 10 times the Market Price for such Basic products As microchips. Hearings earlier this year brought Forth numerous horror stories including a $25,000 Pentagon contract for ant bait that started with a 29-Page solicitation  took nearly eight months to execute. Groups open to courts scrutiny new York apr confession it is said cleanses the soul. But confessor beware. A eight members of alcoholics Anonymous were forced to testify this week against a fellow member who told them that he stabbed two married doctors to death while in a Drunken stupor on new years Day 1989, although the a members said Paul Cox told them about the slayings outside of group meetings the Case still raises the Issue of confidentiality within a  similar self help groups. New York University Law professor Stephen git Lars wonders How much americans really know about the Legal aspects of telling a  keeping a secrets. A you have to assume nothing is private a Viilers said. The Law on confidentiality also called privilege is a very specific  narrow it does no to include self help groups Quot he said. A when a private conversation meets a subpoena the subpoena almost always  Cox s attorney tried nearly a year ago to Block the a members testimony on inc grounds that their conversations with Cox were privileged communications. His motion was  depending on what state you live in Means that your spouse cleric lawyer doctor psychiatrist social worker or parole officer May not be forced to Tell your secrets in court. The Laws on privilege Are made by courts or state Legislatures. New privilege is Seldom granted. But old privilege can be revoked. Cox last month the new Jersey supreme court allowed clergy to testify in some instances about criminals confessions. And a taped psychotherapy session was admitted As evidence in californians Menendez slayings Case. In some states  under certain circumstances a licensed therapist can invoke privilege for a group therapy discussion. Otherwise talking to a self help group in the eyes of the Law is the same As telling a Friend. Group members Are not legally obligated to report any crimes they hear confessed. But if a prosecutor suspects they know something they can be subpoenaed. And if they refuse to testify they can be jailed for contempt of court. The doctors were killed in Cox a childhood Home in Larch mom just North of new York City. Cox a family had sold the House to them in 1974, when he was 7. The a members who were identified in court Only by their first initials said that Cox a 26-year-old Carpenter told them about the slayings As Early As 1990, but he was t arrested until last year when an a member finally went to police. Illinois uses Indian remains As Road fill Edwardsville 111. Apr the 1,000-year-old remains of american indians have been used As fill for a new Highway the state says. Officials of the Illinois historic preservation Agency gave the Illinois department of transportation permission to use the remains site As a borrow pit saying archaeological surveys determined the site was not Worth saving. Quot to them we re just trash. Were just study objects a said Evelyn Voelker of the american Indian Center a social service Agency serving about 6,000 indians from 41 tribes in the St. Louis area. The remains Date to the Cahokia period from . 900 to 1200. Scholars at the Cahokia Mounds state historic site said the Bones probably belonged to members of the mississippian tribe which was dominant in that area at that time. State workers began using the site As a borrow pit Early last year but called in the preservation Agency after finding the Bones in july. Most of the site a had some pretty deep  in it  had been gone Over pretty Good previously by private contractors working on other jobs said John Walthall chief of the departments cultural resources division. Mark Essarey of the preservation Agency said the site Quot was basically destroyed before state workers arrived. Activists said the disregard for the remains is typical in Illinois. State Law makes it a felony for anyone to re Bury Indian remains unearthed during state sponsored projects. Instead the Bones become the permanent property of the state Voelker said. A a 1 hey go to a lot of trouble Orbury remains when a be Moiety is dug up but they done to allow us the right to do the same for our ancestors when they Are disturbed a she said